Clarion 1979-11-16 Vol 55 No 10

Male chorus, women's choir, college choir, and concert band combine for Festival of Christmas,
held Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 2.
amount that banks can loan,
bankers are more reluctant to loan
a great amount of money.
Dave Lissner (Photo Tom
Twining).
Bethel, debaters Marlene Triggs and Teresa tliason impressed competitors, judges and coaches
alike in the CEDA debate tournament last weekend (Photo Doug Barkey).
the Clarion. Vol 55 No. 10 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN Nov. 16, 1979
Festival program plans
additional visual appeal
by Mari Broman
The 23rd annual Festival of
Christmas promises to appeal to
the eyes, as well as the ears, in a
"different and unusual" fashion,
said Robert Berglund, director of
the college choir. In addition to
selections by the male chorus,
women's choir, college choir and
concert band, Robert Clark
Nelson will show its multi-media
presentation, "Glories of Crea-tion,"
as background for some of
the songs, replacing the usual
decorated backdrop.
Nelson, chairman of St.
Catherine's art department, has
won international awards for his
presentations. "We're honored
that he would come," said
Berglund. Nelson uses six
computer-operated projectors—
two for each screen.
This year's concert, "Rejoice
Greatly," will feature the concert
band as the accompanying group,
instead of the orchestra. The
55-member band will also play
several solo numbers, including a
contemporary piece dealing with
space, with accompanying slides
from Clark's presentation. The
orchestra will divide into
ensembles and play in the halls
and fieldhouse prior to the con-cert.
Each of the choirs will perform
three or four pieces individually,
and all 200 singers will join as a
festival choir for four numbers.
The narrator for the program is
Mr. Paul Stage. station manager
for WCCO FM.
The directors expect sell-out
crowds again this year; Saturday's
performance is already sold out.
Tickets are still available for Fri-day,
Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. and Sun-day,
Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. and 7:30
p.m.
The festival committee is also
sponsoring a decorating contest in
the halls and windows near the
fieldhouse and main entrance
areas. A $50 prize will be awarded
the best decoration. Guidelines
for the contest can be picked up in
the campus coordinators' office.
by Suzi Wells
Completion of new dorms on
campus by next fall is "highly im-probable"
according to David
Lissner, director of campus de-velopment,
primarily due to high
interest rates. .
Several weeks ago, Lissner in-vestigated
the possibility of re-ceiving
a low-interest loan from
the federal government, but one
of 159 applicants, Bethel was
rated 43, and only 13 were fund-ed.
"I believe we are at a peak of
interest rates now," Lissner said.
"Traditionally interest rates come
back down."
Lissner said that Bethel tries to
borrow when interest rates look
best. Since the federal government
now regulates much of the
by Joy Nannette Banta
"So that's the team that every-body
is afraid of," was the com-ment
overheard coming from the
debate team competitors at the
CEDA (Cross Examination De-bate
Association) tournament in
Brookings, S.D. last weekend.
Marlene Triggs and Teresa Elia-son,
in their first debate together
this year, came off with first place
as they went 6-0 at South Dakota
State University.
"They were thoroughly impres-sive,"
said Phillip Rohler, assis-tant
director of forensics and de-bate.
"They were confident, total-ly
in control, and very much pre-pared—
they did their homework.
I think they did one fine job," he
added.
Even some of the judges ap-proached
Rohler after the final
round and told him, "You have
one fine CEDA debate team
there."
"They really stole the show,"
said Rohler.
Triggs and Eliason were among
six students who participated in
the tournament. Becky Madsen
and Laurie Patterson made it to
the finals with their duet interpre-tation.
Ken Wanovich, with his
first effort in a tournament for
Bethel, placed third in persuasive
speaking, and Ira King partici-pated
in the poetry interpretation
but was unable to place.
Madsen and Patterson indivi-dually
participated in the persua-sive
speaking, and King and
Triggs entered a duet interpreta-tion,
but none of them placed in
these categories.
Eighteen schools, including
Carleton, Concordia-Moorhead,
Westmar College and Black Hills
cont. on p. 7
NEXT ISSUE
Due to the break in our pro-duction
schedule because
of Thanksgiving break, the
Clarion will next be publish-ed
Dec. 7.
Part of the solution to Bethel's the college buildings and $4 mil-housing
problem will be solved de- lion for dorms. Lissner said that
pending on how readily Bethel can the cost for a new dorm would be
find apartments for single stu- about $1 million, that operating
dents, Lissner said. Ideally, most expenses total about $51,000 an-single
students will live in dorms nually, and that current interest
or townhouses on campus, and rates are about 12.5 per cent an-apartments
will be leased to mar- nually.
ried students. Although Bethel does have a
"Bethel's goal is to be able to heavy debt, Lissner is not pessi-house
two-thirds of its students on mistic about its future. "We
campus," said Lissner. This squeeze more value out of a dollar
would release apartments for mar- here," he said. "About 15 per
ried students. cent of every dollar comes from
Currently, 1360 students of gifts." Last year Bethel received
1890 enrolled are in college hous- over 2 million dollars in gifts.
ing. Of the 1360, 874 are housed "We're always conscious that
on campus. • Bethel is gift-funded," he said.
Bethel's mortgages now total "It takes a lot of dedication on the
about $10 million, $6 million for part of God's people."
Debaters steal show
in overwhelming rout
New dorm probability sinks as rates rise
mm!...This is the first one
I've seen that really knows
the meaning of
Thanksgiving.
letters
All lose due to poor attendance
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editorial
On-campus housing
demands top priority
An incident last Thursday between a Clarion staff member and an ad-ministrator
in student affairs prompts an analysis of some of
Bethel's priorities in spending.
The student went to student affairs representing some Silvercrest
residents to propose that these residents be given a rebate on their hous-ing
costs to atone for the lack of furniture thus far this year. Her argu-ment
went like this: we signed a contract for a furnished apartment; we
paid as much for our apartment as those in Fountain Terrace paid for
theirs; we did not receive a furnished apartment, as those at Fountain
Terrace did; therefore, since Bethel broke the terms of the lease, we feel
Bethel owes us some sort of renumeration.
The administration's position was that Bethel did everything possible
to deliver furniture on time, that students should show patience and
selflessness in the situation. And the terms of the lease were sufficiently
vague in defining "furnished"—most apartments did have beds—so
that, technically, the lease was not broken.
Most of the Clarion editorial staff supports the students' position,
but some believe that student affairs was correct on the technicality, and
that there is no real practical way of fixing monetary value on spending
two months without kitchen tables. This issue will have to be handled
delicately by student affairs, and we urge handling that takes the
students' interests into account, rather than looking only on the legal
and financial sides.
We feel that while this incident should not be blown out of propor-tion,
the situation is caused by a greater and continuing problem at
Bethel that betrays its priorities in its budgeting policies.
On October 23, 1970, the Clarion printed an editorial concerning the
lack of space, mentioning that Bethel was housing students in Centen-nial
Gardens apartments at a financial loss.
The situation has not changed in nine years. Bethel did not have
enough dorm space while on old campus, and it does not have it now.
We wonder how much longer Bethel will be adding more off-campus
housing because it lacks dorm space on its campus.
This stopgap, off-campus Bethel housing is not an acceptable solu-tion.
Through a split campus, Bethel loses its unity, and what is more
important at a Christian college? Living away from campus also puts
unnecessary burdens on the students financially, academically, and
socially.
Because of the sporadic bus service, many apartment and old campus
residents feel the need to drive to school every day. In the age of increas-ing
gas prices and depleting gas supply, it seems ever more important to
house students on campus.
When tied to the bus schedule, students lose their freedom to attend
Bethel events and make use of Bethel facilities such as the library, the
gym and student clubs and productions. None of the off-campus resi-dents
can walk to campus for a basketball game, for example.
With the great number of students off campus, the food service also
suffers; most off-campus residents eat in the cafeteria at rare intervals.
What is most discouraging is that there seems to be little or no interest
in resolving the situation. The problem has been with us for at least nine
years—not only has foresight been limited, but also realization of a pre-sent
problem.
We feel Bethel's administration should realize that before admitting
2000 students we should have room to house them.
The situation is different at Hamline, Mac and the University because
of their more urban neighborhoods. There is no low-rent housing avail-able
within walking distance of Bethel. Because of Bethel's seclusion in
the rolling hills of Arden, we need to house a much greater percentage
of our students on campus.
Dorms are expensive. But we urge those in charge of Bethel's money
to make on-campus housing a priority. The beautiful courtyards, the
new student center complete with mosaic, and even nature paths are
nice, but they are not necessary. We would prefer attention to our basic
needs first, and housing should be of first priority in any budget-making
process in the near future.
Bells should be canned,
not worth lot of trash
Dear Editor, Whatever happened to the good
$13,000 for nonexistent bells? old days when people just wanted
Shouldn't we first consider a spire garbage cans in the parking lot?
on one of the buildings, or a cou-ple
more Bible verses inscribed in
Quite sincerely,
marble?
J.D. Klaessy
Dear Editor (actually, Dear Stu-dent
Body):
As a performer of various kinds
(and qualities), it is an unavoid-able
realization for me that aes-thetics
is a dying art at Bethel.
This death is not due to a lack of
talent amongst performers, nor is
it even due to the absence of suita-ble
surroundings. The major rea-son,
in the eyes of this observer, is
the apathy of Bethel's student
body.
This realization has built up
over the past two and one half
years, but undeniably struck home
at Sunday afternoon's orchestra
concert. Playing to an audience
primarily composed of parents
and music faculty, Bethel's stu-dent
orchestra did an outstanding
job and receive my commendation
(for whatever that's worth).
Bethel students would not know
that had I not told them. Bethel's
students probably do not care.
The orchestra deserves better than
that. The theatre and art depart-ments
also deserve better, and all
need student support.
As Christians, we are to support
and encourage each other. There
is no greater encouragement than
physical presence at a concert,
play or art showing.
The performers are not the only not come -do miss out. They miss
ones who would benefit from the God's message and blessing. They
presence of students in the au- miss the excitement, yes, excite-dience.
Those who attend just ment, of watching their friends
might (if they do not carefully and peers reproduce beauty and
avoid such a possibility) find op- truth. They miss the blessing they
portunities for intellectual and would receive in giving positive
aesthetic growth and even wor- reinforcement .
ship. It takes extra care to not
Aesthetics is dying at Bethel—a
hear the words of God through formality that symbolizes the in-these
media. dividual aesthetic deaths of many
Those who would come with an students. Aesthetics will be dead
open heart would not be disap- at Bethel unless those individuals
pointed—especially since all per- who are aesthetically dead come
formers react best to a large au- alive. You will profit from it.
dience (which in theory should not
be true—but is). Those who do Mark Tanquist the Clarion Vol. 55, No. 10 Bethel College Nov. 16, 1979
The Clarion is published weekly by the students of Bethel Col-lege.
Editorial opinions are the sole responsibility of the Clarion
staff. Letters are welcome, and must be signed and delivered to
P.O. 2381 by the Sunday before publication.
Paul Olsen, Editor
Suzi Wells, Associate Editor
Carol Madison, News & Sports Editor
Steve Erickson, News & Sports Editor
Joy Nannette Banta, Copy Editor
Shelly Nielsen, Production, Doug Barkey, Photography Editor
Carolyn Olson, Graphics, Suanne Hawkins, Business Manager
Juan Ortiz, Cartoonist
Scott Barsuhn, Fine Arts, Jay Russell, Staff Writer
Dan Nelson, director of financial aid, explains why Bethel's tuition and room and board costs
are low, comparatively (Photo Annette Loeks).
Page 3
Tuition gripes abound,
but Bethel rates low
by Shari Goddard
Complaining about high tuition
is a common pastime among Be-thel
students. In a recent survey of
college tuitions, however, Bethel
ranked second to lowest when
compared to other private colleges
in Minnesota and lowest among
the Christian College consortium.
"It's important students know
that, what looks like high tuition
is, comparatively, an attractive
rate," said Norris Anderson,
director of development.
"You have to take the survey
numbers with a grain of salt,"
said Dan Nelson, director of fi-nancial
aid. He explained that
each college estimates the amount
students will pay for personal ex-penses.
Some schools estimate
high and some estimate low. Be-thel's
estimate is average com-pared
to Minnesota schools, but
low compared to Consortium Col-leges.
This could affect Bethel's
low rank in the Consortium.
"The news on that survey isn't
that we're the lowest in the Con-sortium,
but that we're in the bot-tom
half," Nelson said. "That's a
move for us. We used to be the
top second or third on the list."
Nelson gave several reasons for
the low costs. "Our room rate of
$700 is slightly lower at the mo-ment
than at other schools,' he
letters
Bells signify
neglect outs
Dear 'F„ditor
I was very upset with the an-nouncement
of the newly pro-posed
aesthetic addition to our
campus. I am talking about the to-wer
of "chiming carillonic bells."
I don't understand how we can
seclude ourselves in our commun-ity
and profess that we are Chris-tians
at the same time. I think that
sometimes we get caught in
ourselves so much that we forget
about the outside world. I really
don't feel that by chiming bells in
the tune of hymns known to us is
professing the beliefs we acclaim
to others. And that is just what
God has called us to do.
Also, it bothers me immensely
that we should consider spending
$13,000 on a "project that in-volves
something that we can do
without." (A quote from last
week's Clarion). I could not con-done
Bethel for doing this when
there are so many other causes the
money could be used for.
Why can't we use it to help
reach people outside of our com-munity?
Wouldn't that help to
distinguish Bethel as a Christian
college?
I wonder if we are too secluded
and worried about our own plea-sures.
I can't believe that we need
to spend $13,000 to help us wor-ship
God.
Christ did not seclude himself
from the world and hum his fa-vorite
tunes. Rather, He came into
the world to speak to us in a way
said. He added that this may go
up in the future because of new
dorm construction.
Nelson also pointed out that
our present food system dis-courages
waste, because students
pay only for what they eat.
Funds for Bethel come from
three sources: tuition, gifts, and
auxiliary enterprises, such as food
service and the book store. Nelson
thinks that Bethel has a generous
group of donors. Anderson
agrees.
"By and large, our supporting
denomination (the Baptist
General Conference) is much
more generous than others," said
Anderson. He said that Augsburg
received very little in gifts when
compared to Bethel, but added
that they received a large amount
of government grants. Bethel does
not accept those kinds of grants.
by Nancy Austin
The fifteen member Bethel
Board of Regents will be holding
their November meeting in Il-linois.
Beverly Thompson,
secretary of the board, recently
explained the function of the
board.
"The regents are the liaison bet-seclusion;
ide reach
we could understand.
If we truly want to help distin-guish
Bethel as a Christian col-lege,
let's be Christians! By doing
so, let's seek out our neighbors
with songs they understand.
Sincerely,
Susan L. Anderson
by Jan Johnson
Next fall, instead of having five
grades, as we do now, we will have
eleven. Bethel is changing over
from the basic A, B, C, D, and
NC, to a + /- system. The ,grade
points will be as follows: A, 4.0;
A-, 3.7; B + , 3.3; B, 3.0; B-,
C + , 2.3; C, 2.0; C-, 1.7; D ,
1.3; D, 1.0.
Dr. Dwight Jessup, director of
academic affairs, said that it will
make a wide variation in GPAs.
Teachers will be able to better
distinguish between academic
ranks.
Instead of making just a
straight B, students will be able to
Make a B + and bring their GPA
up.
The proposal was first adopted
by the faculty in the spring of
1978. It was not put into effect
this year because the grading
system will have to be put through
ween Bethel and the Baptist
General Conference (BGC). Our
main purposes are to review the
faculty to see if they are
academically and spiritually
sound, and to set up Bethel's
budget," said Thompson.
Day-to-day activities can be
handled by the school, but the
board was formed to set policies
and vote on proposals. "The
board gave the go-ahead for the
nursing program with Mounds
Midway, and it is responsible for
decisions on what buildings are
needed at Bethel and researching
their costs," she said. A current
proposal before the board is the
planning for the new science
building.
The upcoming meeting will last
a day and a half. "Sometimes we
start at 8 in the morning and don't
get out until 10 or 11 p.m.," said
Thompson.
the new computer, which is not in
use yet. By next fall, however,
Jessup hopes to see the new
system being used.
"I can't wait for it to get
started. I want to see how it works
Dwight Jessup (Photo Doug
Barkey).
The first day of meetings the
board will have an open session
with resource people who
specialize in researching the pro-posals.
They will tell the regents
what the proposal is about, what
it entails, and what the costs will
be.
In the case of the science
building, members of the science
department will state why it is
needed. The regents will also be
informed of estimated costs of the
building. The next day, a closed
session, is spent voting on the
various proposals.
The board is made up of fifteen
Baptist General Conference
members who represent several
states and a variety of occupa-tions.
They meet four times a
year. Five of the members are
from the Twin Cities, and serve on
an executive committee which
meets one-half day a month.
out," he said. The biggest effect
will be the wider range of GPAs,
but Jessup also thinks there will be
more students going to teachers
and trying to get their grades
changed.
He thinks this will happen
because the span between grades
will not be as large as it used to be.
In the old system, there was a one-point
span between letter grades.
With the new system, there is only
a 4-10ths of a point difference be-tween,
for example, a B + and an
A-.
CHAPEL SCHEDULE
Monday Advent Hymns
Tuesday Jeannine Bohl-meyer-
Parables
Wednesday Pastor Spick-
. elmier
A nominating committee
chooses Baptist General Con-ference
members who represent
various districts. The nominees
are voted on by the entire BGC at
the conference in June. Three
members are elected each year.
The board members serve a
five-year term, and may be re-elected
after a one-year period out
of office.
Regent members are:
John F. Anderson, Pastor, First
Baptist Church, LaCrescenta,
California.
Norman Anderson, Board
Chairman, Pastor, Bethany Bap-tist
Church, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Douglas Baltz, Pastor, Salem
Baptist Church, Eau Claire,
Wisconsin.
Dr. Violet Bergquist, Coor-dinator
of Spanish Teacher
Education, University of Illinois,
Chicago campus.
Gerald Boman, Winnebago In-dustries,
Inc., Forest City, Iowa.
Warren Eastlund, Attorney,
Johnson and Eastlund, Min-neapolis,
Minnesota.
Donald Goss, Attorney, Goss
and Ayres, San Diego, California.
John Hasselblad, Retired Presi-dent
of Van Schaack, Denver,
Colorado.
Arthur Hoehl, Business
Manager, Sioux Falls Public
Schools, Sioux Falls, South
Dakota.
Gunner Kronholm, Retired
President of Drover's State Bank,
St. Paul, Minnesota.
Gordon Lindquist, Board Vice-
Chairman, Vice President,
Mutual Service Insurance Corn-panies,
St. Paul, Minnesota.
Robert Luther, Pastor, College
Avenue Baptist Church, San
Diego, California.
Roy Nordstrom, Program Of-ficer
(Director-CETA), Grand
Rapids, Michigan.
Harold Phillips, Retired
Business Executive, Edmonton,
Alberta.
Beverly Thompson, Homemak-er,
St. Paul, Minnesota.
Expanded system alters grading
Regents plan Illinois get-together
Paul Christian Don Postema Rod Broding Rune Engebretsen
Something seems a little on the strange side? That's right, there is an
"S" missing in the headline, but not only that—the contest deadline is
this Wednesday! Let's take a minute to clear up two terrorizing
misconceptions which some of you may still be holding on to.
First and foremost, you don't have to be a "Professional" to enter
the contest! In other words, one of your picturesque Polaroid poses,
your Basic Communication diary entries, or even one of those
delightfully detailed sitting-in-a-boring-lecture doodles all possess
Passage publication potential!
Our aim is to get as much of the student body involved as possible in
the creation of this year's magazine. The more input we have, the more
complete a picture of the year is possible. We're trying to convey the
thoughts, feelings, changes, and growth we experience during college,
and here at Bethel in 1979-80 in particular.
Anything and everything is acceptable. So don't hold back because
you're afraid that your entry is too deep, too light-hearted, or even too
honest to submit. The magazine's specific theme and direction will be
established at the end of the month as a direct result of the contest en-tries
we receive.
The other misconception which should be cleared up is the idea that a
contest entry has to be "something extra." One of the basic principles
of college life is that time is limited. In fact there is never as much as we
need!
It is fantastic if you can find the time to create something special for
the contest but feel just as welcome to submit a recent class assignment,
or a photo you took two months ago. If it is special and significant for
you, the odds are that others can relate and appreciate it as well. All en-tries
will be returned to you whether they are published or not.
Although the entries are pouring in, there is still plenty of opportunity
for you to become exceedingly rich. That's right, there is money galore
for our contest winners!$$! Three prizes will be awarded for place win-ners
(1st, $25; 2nd, $15; 3rd, $10), in the two categories: written and
visual.
Enter as many entries as you wish. Submit them to the editor, Rob
Johnson, P.O. 794, by 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21, 1979. Include your
name and P.O. on your entry. Good luck.
In the future, more people may be able to use LRC facilities
through extended weekend library hours (Photo Dan Velie).
Page 4
Bethel's faculty works harder than most students think
by Ann Taylor
They lecture and they give as-signments.
They correct exams,
head departments, committees
and clubs, attend meetings and
advise advisees. They set up labs,
"contact hours" and whole de-partments.
They write disserta-tions
and outside speeches. They
are the Bethel faculty.
The average weekday for facul-ty
members begins at school
around 7 a.m. and ends about 5
p.m. But it can be much longer,
too, not counting early mornings,
late nights, weekends and holi-days.
"Last year was my first year at
Bethel and I frequently spent as
many as 20 hours preparing for
one lecture," said William Smal-ley,
professor of linguistics. These
hours have lessened now that
Smalley's classes are no longer as
new to him as they are to his stu-dents.
"I even work while I eat
lunch," said Paul Christian, pro-fessor
of biology after biting into
his pear. "There is no end to set-ting
up labs. There is always more
to be done."
The first five weeks of this term
Christian taught nine lectures and
six labs a week. Preparation for
classes "goes on continuously,"
he said, including weekends and
nights. He sometimes works 4-5
hours preparing for one lecture.
Dr. Christian spent six hours re-vising
an exam for his invertebrate
zoology class. "Correcting it
might take another six hours," he
added.
The outside reading and
preparation for classes that can
not be accomplished during the
day must be squeezed into either
early morning or late night hours.
Teachers must decide what is the
best time for them to work.
Lynn Fauth, department coor-dinator
and associate professor of
English and writing, begins
reading papers at 4:30 a.m. before
coming to his office at 7:30. He
said, "I work best in the early
morning."
Rune Engebretsen, assistant
professor in modern language and
literature, does all of his prepara-tion
at home in the evenings or on
weekends. "My time on campus is
devoted to contact hours with
students."
Faculty members are required
to participate in some type of ad-ministrative
committee.
Therefore, in addition to checking
up on advisees, coordinating de-partmental
programs and extra-curricular
activities (Linguistics
Fellowship, the Writing Lab,
CDC, Film Forum), and aside
from translating foreign docu-by
Julie Pflejsen
Action is being taken this week
by the student senate to get the li-brary
opened on weekend even-ings.
Sophomore Senator Mark
Whittemore is in charge of this
project. He plans to set up propo-sals
that will deal with the ideas re-quested
by the students as well as
the problems faced by the library
officials.
Students . have posted their re-quests
on the beef board that the
library be opened on Friday and
Saturday evenings.
One letter stated that too many
people had to give up their activi-ties
during the weekend days so
ments into English, keeping
abreast of their field, answering
questions for students who wan-der
in with a problem or a Clarion
story to be written, or attending
chapel, teachers find themselves
sitting in on a wide variety of
meetings throughout the month.
Many act as chairpersons for a
campus committee, coordinator
of their department or both. Fa-culty
meetings are held once a
month, as are the departmental
and divisional meetings. The lin-guistics
department also has an
additional monthly meeting which
includes wives.
"The committees I have been
on," said Fauth, "have worked
directly with academic policy.
They have been setting directions
for the future."
Sitting in his office one Thurs-day
afternoon, Assistant Pro-fessor
of Philosophy Don Poste-ma
said he is never at school on
Thursdays because that is the day
he has set aside to work on his dis-sertation.
they could get their work done in
the library before it closed at 5
p.m.
Whittemore says that the main
problem faced by the library is the
cost involved in working the staff
these extra hours.
Irene Doble, the LRC technical
service secretary said that she
thought it might also be difficult
to find the people willing to work
after 5 p.m. on weekends.
Whittemore said that if he can
present good solutions to the li-brary
officials then they will have
to deal with it.
One of Whittemore's proposals
is to close the library on Sundays
and at 8 p.m. on Wednesday even-
"Other days, when I am here,"
he said, "I try to be available to
students."
Other teachers agreed that stu-dents
are high on their priority
lists.
"Teaching," said Rod Broding,
assistant professor of speech-com-munication,
"is not just a con-tract,
it is a calling and not a job,
but a way of life."
Broding is the director of de-bate
and forensics and coaches
these students on an individual ba-sis.
"I welcome personal relation-ships
with students and I put that
above any task."
"I'm here for the students'
benefit," said Fauth.
Research is another faculty re-quirement.
Intended to refreshen
and strengthen a teacher's
knowledge, Engebretsen pointed
out that it is "very important for
Bethel's scholarly standing and
growth." Nevertheless, teaching
responsibilities "leave little time
for research and professional
development," said Engebretsen.
ings because these are times when
students are usually involved in
church activities. Whittemore said
that these eight hours can be used
on weekend evenings and it will
not cost the library any extra mon-ey.
Whittemore is working on his
other proposals and plans to pre-sent
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Bowl after basketball, sing on Sunday
Beginning in the Dec. 7 Clarion, we will run a two-part retrospective look at the past decade. To kick
off this wave of nostalgia, we request reader participation in choosing Bethel's most popular song of the
seventies. Please remove this ballot, and turn your vote in to P02381 by Nov. 30. Vote for one song on-ly.
Nominees are based on Billboard's top song each year. We realize this collection is dripping with sap,
but Billboard is the only definitive judge of popularity at our immediate disposal. We encourage write-i
ns.
❑❑❑❑❑❑❑
❑ 1969—Sugar, Sugar, by the Archies
❑ 1970—Bridge Over Troubled Water, by Simon
and Garfunkle
❑ 1971—Joy to the World, by Three Dog Night
❑ 1972—First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, by
Roberta Flack
❑ 1973—Tie A Yellow Ribbon..., by Tony Orlando
and Dawn
1974—The Way We Were, by Barbra Streisand
1975—Love Will Keep Us Together, by The
Captain and Tenille
1976—Silly Love Songs, by Wings
1977—Tonight's the Night, by Rod Stewart
1978—Shadow Dancing, by Andy Gibb
(write-in)
by Mary Beth Larson
and Bob Schmidt
Well, we have had two very full
weekends in a row, so the C.C. ac-tivities
will slow down just a bit.
We hope that those of you who at-tended
the concert last Saturday
evening really enjoyed it and were
as blessed as we were.
With all of the sports events
coming up, we're encouraging you
to get out and support our teams.
On Friday evening, there is a
hockey game with the University
of Eau Claire at 8 p.m. Saturday
evening, the men's basketball
team will be playing the Alumni at
7:30 p.m.
After the BB game, at approx-
Joint voice recital
for Brickmore, Voth
to be given Monday
Pamela Bickmore from Rock-land,
Maine, and Richard Voth
for Buenos Aires, Argentina, will
be presenting a joint senior voice
recital Monday evening, Nov. 19,
at 8 p.m. in the Bethel Seminary
Chapel.
Bickmore is a senior music edu-cation
major and is studying with
Gerard Sundberg. Voth, a senior
church music major, is a student
of Oliver Mogck.
Program selections will include
"I1 mio tesoro," from Mozart's
opera "Don Giovannie," "Apres
un reve," and an original com-position
by Voth.
The music department extends
an invitation to the Bethel com-munity
to attend the recital and
the reception following. There is
no admission charge.
imately 9:30 p.m., everyone is in-vited
to go bowling at Flaherty's
Bowl, located on County Road E.
It costs 90 cents a lane/person per
game, and the shoes are free.
There will be a limited number of
lanes, so you must sign up on the
C.C. bulletin board by the coffee
shop by Thursday, November
15th.
On Sunday evening, we'll have
our third singspiration. The last
two have been well-attended.
Everyone leaves really glad that
they took the time to come. We'll
meet in the gym at 9 p.m. for a
special time of singing, devotions,
and prayer. It's a great way to
spend a while on Sunday evening,
dedicating the week to the Lord!
Monday evening, the '19th, will
include our third "great classic"
of our Film Forum series. The
film is called "My Uncle
Antoine" and is the most honored
Canadian film ever made. It's the
story of a young boy coming of
age in the Canadian backwoods
today. Meet in. FA 313 at 7 p.m.
Refreshments will be provided.
Just a quick reminder that audi-tions
for "Moods" will be held
December 4th. If you would like
to display or use your talents for
the service of the Bethel student
body, and ultimately for the Lord,
we would really appreciate seeing
them and using you to better our
"Moods" program this year.
We're looking for any type of
talent. You can sign up for a time
slot in which to audition at the
C.C. office. "Moods" will be
presented next March.
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Speak up, Christians;
help abort holocaust
by Steve Calvin
Editor's note: This column was submitted as a letter to the editor by
Calvin, a 1976 Bethel graduate.
Writing an open letter to the Bethel Community after being gone for
three and a half years may seem patronizing, or at the least presump-tuous.
When I graduated in 1976 and packed my bags for the trip to
medical school in St. Louis, I felt decidedly underqualified to share my
half-baked perceptions of our society and its goings-ons.
However, the need to swim against the prevailing current in living out
my Christian witness at Washington University has made me constantly
re-evaluate my stance on daily issues.
Bethel served as a safe harbor for me to grow spiritually as I became
an "educated person." It is impossible to fully appreciate the place until
you've been away, and I don't mean to Roseville or White Bear Lake.
Much of the impetus for this letter ocurred when my wife and I at-tended
the seminar/film series by Francis Schaeffer and associates deal-ing
with the subtle, but massive, loss of human rights attendant on the
issues of abortion and related matters.
I'm also geared up for such discussion since I am currently applying
for residency programs in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and much to my
dismay, a very large share of the University programs incorporate
pregnancy termination (or more euphemistically— reproductive health
procedures) into their training. Fortunately, I do not despair of gaining
admission to a suitable residency that does not force residents to partici-pate
in procedures they find unconscionable, but the importance and
magnitude of the issue makes it impossible to ignore.
One of the important points brought out in the seminar and the com-panion
book, "Whatever Happened to the Human Race" is that we are
at a watershed regarding where human life (fetal, child, adolescent,
adult, handicapped or elderly) is going to fall on society's list of
priorities.
The challenge I would like to present to the Bethel Community is that
silence by non-involvement is interpreted by society at large as ac-quiescence.
Probably underlying the silence of most of us conservative
evangelicals is the fact that we have not had to deal intimately with abor-tion
and like issues. It remains outside our interest—debated in Time
and Newsweek; it is hardly an issue to most Christians.
There is another probably smaller portion of Christians who profess
agreement with "freedom of choice," whom I believe are either misin-formed
or (and I say this humbly) wrongly supporting a grave sin.
This letter is not meant to be a treatise outlining the issues at hand. I
simply want to present a call to action. The arguments for protecting all
human life are cogently presented in the aforementioned book. I recom-mend
it highly.
As Christians who believe in a God who loves without regard to the
humanitarian/utilitarian valuations of life, we must become active in at-tempts
to both rectify laws and court opinions that have opened the way
to more than one million abortions in this country last year.
As importantly, we need to extend loving hands of assistance to those
whose situation could lead them to such horrifying solutions.
As I am finding out in my day to day life in medicine, this is a slippery
slope we tread. For our fellowship of Christians to remain silent allows
the opponents of human/fetal rights to say that this is simply a Catholic
vs. "Freedom of Choice" issue. Rather, it is an issue that involves each
person's perception of human life.
I am not one given to hysteria or radicalism, and it took more courage
than I can usually muster to write this letter. But I think it important to
share my concerns.
My prayer is that Christians, and especially those who are students,
faculty, and staff at Bethel, will not be judged at the end of the century
to have been not-so-innocent bystanders to another sort of holocaust.
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Stipe's decathlon ambitions first in Bethel history
by Juan Ramos
If someone were to ask Greg
Stipe what track and field events
he was seriously training for, he
would list the following: 400-me-ter
dash, long jump, shotput, high
jump, 100-meter dash, discus,
110-meter hurdles, pole vault, ja-velin
and the 1500-meter run.
In short, the 20-year-old junior
business major from Bethel Col-lege
is training for the decathlon.
According to Bethel Track coach
Leighton Betz, Stipe is the first
person from Bethel to participate
in decathlon.
Stipe is regarded as one of
Bethel's best athletes by the P.E.
staff, as well as by many of the
students. Presently, he holds five
school records in track and field.
Betz thinks that Stipe has a good
chance of breaking another school
record, in the javelin, this year.
During the 1978-79 track and
field season, Stipe accumulated a
total of 105 individual points and
was voted as the most valuable
member of the track team.
On May 21, 1979, Stipe com-peted
in the National Association
of Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) Track and Field meet held
in Abilene, Tex. He placed 13th in
the pole vault and 18th in the long
jump.
Two very important things hap-pened
to Stipe during the
NAIA nations. One was a reali-zation
of his athletic ability. "So
you're something big here
(Bethel). People at the nationals
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laugh at you. It was a terrible
blow, I felt really inferior," said
Stipe, but it motivated him to
shoot farther than the best in
school.
Second, was his exposure to col-legiate
decathletes. "I spent two
days watching the top decathletes
in the NAIA I saw that their
running times were far better than
my own, but in all the field events
except the high jump, I could stay
right with those guys. It was a mo-tivating
thing. They came down to
earth. We usually think of decath-letes
as Bruce Jenner, but these
guys were human beings."
It was about a week after the
NAIA national meet that Stipe
decided to begin training for the
decathlon. The main reason for
the decision was his belief that a
combined effort such as the deca-thlon
better affords him the op-portunity
for a high caliber per-formance
than if he concentrated
his efforts on one event.
He is also challenged by the de-cathlon.
"I enjoy the challenge. It
challenges your mind and it chal-lenges
your body." In training or
performance, if he doesn't do well
in one event, the other nine events
compensate. "It's more motivat-ing."
Stipe credits a good part of his
motivation to Howard Kellogg,
head field event coach for the
track team and assistant to the
athletic director. Besides chal-lenging
Stipe to improve, Kellogg
also taught him to throw the dis-cus
and the shot and run the hur-dles.
"Howie took me under his
wing. He's not only a coach, he's
a mental motivator."
Kellogg and Stipe competed in
an average of two area all-corners
track meets per week last summer.
One highlight included Stipe's
victory in a triathlon which con-sists
of three throwing events, the
shot, javelin and the discus.
Stipe's first decathlon was in
July in Madison, Wis. He placed
third with a point total of 5,990,
missing second place by about 35
points. According to Kellogg,
none of the other top competitors
had less than seven decathlons
under their belt, whereas this was
Stipe's first effort.
As an objective for his first de-cathlon,
Kellogg challenged Stipe
to earn a point total higher than
5,825 (Kellogg's point total in his
first decathlon). Stipe beat that to-tal
by 165 points. "Greg beat me
in only three events, but he still
outscored me," said Kellogg.
Kellogg's coaching is backed up
by experience. He has competed
internationally in the decathlon
including a 7th place finish in the
1971 Pan American Games. He
believes that Stipe has the poten-tial
to be an All-American in the
decathlon as well as in the pole
vault.
"I feel very close to Greg as a
Christian and a friend. I *ant to
help him become the best in all
that he does as an athlete and as
a Christian," said Kellogg.
The decathlon has given Stipe
exposure to athletes he would not
normally come into contact with.
Opportunities to share his faith
have been inevitable. He believes
the decathlon is unique because of
a selfless attitude among the com-petitors.
Wayne Erickson (left) works
towards establishing a grocery
store on campus.
The prime motivation for the
competitors is to score a personal
best in points rather than to win.
"It's like a clinic. One guy who
knows what he's doing will show
other guys what they're doing
wrong. You can really let your
Christian witness shine through in
something like that," said Stipe.
In the midst of athletic perfor-mance,
Stipe's priority is a physi-cal
and emotional awareness of
his event. "When I get done, I
pray that the Lord will keep me
conscious of who I'm running
for."
Running is a good part of
Stipe's training schedule: four
miles on Mondays and Wednes-days,
six miles on Tuesdays and
Thursdays and 440, 220, and 110
yard interval sprints on Fridays.
He throws the javelin and the
discus on Mondays and Thursdays
and also pole vaults. On Tuesdays
he high jumps. With the coming
of winter, Stipe is looking into
training in the fieldhouse at the
University of Minnesota.
Training for the decathlon is
by Laurie Lindahi
Though plans are still in the
talking stage, Bethel students may
soon see their first campus grocery
store. Wayne Erickson, co-director
of food service, is work-ing
to make this concept a reality.
The store would carry only
items that would be in highest de-mand
such as bread, milk, cheese,
ice-cream, etc. "There will not be
an elaborate array," said
Erickson. "The store will be much
like a Seven-Eleven or a Tom
Thumb." In addition to regularly
packaged products, homemade
breads and rolls will be available.
The main problem that
Erickson has to face when
establishing a store is that of fin-not
without its sacrifices. Stipe's
biggest sacrifice was to forgo foot-ball
this year in order to devote his
time to training. This was one of
his most difficult decisions since
he has been at Bethel.
Being an R.A., he has to sacri-fice
time that he would like to de-vote
to the guys on his floor.
"Training involves at least two
hours a day, but it has taught me
to budget my time."
Stipe's short-range goals are to
do well in the Drake Relays and to
qualify in the spring for the
NAIA decathlon with a point
total of 6700 or more. His long-range
goals are to be among the
top five decathletes in the
NAIA and to take a shot at the
National Collegiate Athletic Asso-ciation
decathlon.
The Olympics is not a goal for
Stipe at present. He occasionally
dreams about it, but he doesn't
see it as something practical to
strive for.
"I want to do something good
for once in my life, not something
mediocre. I want to see if I can ex-cel
in one thing for a change."
ding a suitable location for it.
"I've looked everywhere from
storage closets to small office
rooms," he said, "and still
haven't found an area that would
fit our needs."
When asked what prompted
him to start this project, Erickson
said, "As a food service, we are
here to serve the whole student
body. The idea of having a corn-misary
or grocery store came out
of the need to be of better service
to the students who live and cook
off-campus."
If the store becomes a reality,
students would be able to shop
with either food cards or cash.
Erickson shops around
for poss i ble commisary
Coach George Palke supervises a conditioning session during
basketball practice in preparation for the opening of the season
(Photo Tom Twining).
The young boy Benoit learns about life quickly in the Canadian
woods in "My Uncle Antoine," this Monday's film forum.
Personals
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Page 7
Basketball Coach George Palke
has a lot of good things to say
about Bethel's basketball team
this year. "I am encouraged with
how hard the men have worked
and how fast they are adapting to
new things." He said the team has
more depth than Bethel has had
for a long time.
The three captains on the varsi-ty
squad are Dave Blanchard, Ray
Miller, and Scott Wilson. Blan-chard,
who is 5'10", recieved
honorable mention all-conference •
last year.
Ray Miller was all-conference
last year and he averaged twenty
points per game for the season.
Scott Wilson has a stress frac-ture
in his leg and will not play for
a week or two. Standing at
6'7'A ", Wilson averaged 12
points a game last year and also
received honorable mention all-conference.
With captains Blanchard,
Miller, and Wilson, Coach Palke
listed several other possible
starters. "We may not have a set
starting team because there are so
many potential starters," said
Palke.
Brothers Greg and Gary Edlund
transferred to Bethel this year.
Greg, a junior, transferred from a
junior college in California. Gary
is a senior. Gary will play guard,
wing and post, and Palke said,
"He has a lot of flexibility."
Another potential starter is
6'2" Tom Weko, who will play
wing. Palke said that Weko was
the best defensive player (guard)
last year.
Senior Steve Carrigan is the
tallest member of the team, stand-ing
6'9" and weighing 260 lbs.
Palke described Carrigan as "our
muscle."
About freshman Jason
Velgersdyk, Palke said, "He has
more natural ability than any
other player who has come to
Bethel in a long time. He's a hard
worker, too."
Although Andre La Berge will
not be eligible to play basketball
until Christmas, he will be a
potential starter later. Palke said
that La Berge is the most ag-gressive
defensive player on the
team.
Once Pat Cartier's injury heals,
he will be in the action for Bethel
also. Other members of the varsity
team are Bob Giddings, Cal
Lauwers, Paul Lindsey, and Kevin
Walton.
Coach Palke is pleased with the
spirited practices this year. He
said that the seniors are giving
good leadership and that is very
important in a team sport like
basketball. "I'm looking forward
to a good year. The team wants to
do more than play in the MIAC;
they want to be successful," he
said.
Bethel's first game is tomorrow
night against the alumni. The
Royals first regular season game is
Nov. 26 against Concordia.
Debate cont. from p. 1
State College, competed in the
tournament. This weekend the de-bate
team will fly to Bradley Uni-ersity
in Peoria, Ill. to debate the
schools from the national circuit.
"The Bradley tournament is
more of an Ivy League tourna-ment,"
said Rohler. "Bethel is
one of the smaller colleges that
participates in it."
The weekend after Thanksgiv-ing
break two teams will travel
two separate ways. The debate
team will go to Ames, Iowa with
Rohler, and an individual event
(IE) team will travel to Carthage
College in Wisconsin for a foren-sics
festival. Rod Broding, direc-tor
of forensics and debate, will
accompany the IE team.
Cagers aim to be successful
Bethel Events
Friday, Nov. 16
Sports
Hockey vs. Eau Claire, here at Columbia arena, 8 p.m.
Drama
"Bereshith," 8 p.m. in the experimental theatre
Saturday, Nov. 17
Sports
Basketball vs. Alumni, 7:30 p.m. in the gym
Drama
"Antigone," 8 p.m. in the experimental theatre
CC
Bowling at 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 18
Sports
Wrestling vs. alumni, 7 p.m. in the gym
CC
Singspiration, 9 p.m. in the gym
Monday, Nov. 19
Film Forum
"My Uncle Antoine," 7 p.m. in FA313
Tuesday, Nov. 20
Sports
Hockey vs. U of W/Stout, here at Columbia arena, 8 p.m.
Women's basketball, intersquad, 7 p.m. in the gym
Thursday, Nov. 22
Thanksgiving day
Saturday, Nov. 24
Sports
Hockey vs. St. Cloud, here at Columbia arena, 8 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 26
Sports
Basketball vs. Concordia/St. Paul, 7:30 in the gym
Tuesday, Nov. 27
Sports
Women's basketball vs. U of M/Morris, 6:30 in the gym
Thursday, Nov. 29
Sports
Basketball at Superior, 7:30 p.m.
Women's basketball at St. Catherine's, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 30
Sports
Hockey at Bemidji State, 7:30 p.m.
Music
Festival of Christmas, 8 p.m. in the gym
CC
Roller Skating, 12-2 a.m.
Saturday, Dec. 1
Sports
Wrestling, Terry Haws Inv. at St. John's, all day
Hockey at Bemidji State, 7:30 p.m.
Music
Festival of Christmas, 8 p.m. in the gym
Sunday, Dec. 2
Music
Festival of Christmas, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the gym
Tuesday, Dec. 4
Sports
Hockey at Eau Claire, 7:30 p.m.
Women's basketball at Dr. Martin Luther, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 6
Sports
Women's basketball at St. Benedict's, 6:30 p.m.
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Page 8 sports
B-ball focuses on 'fresh start'
Junior Beth Karsjens, shown taking a jump shot, was one of the
leading rebounders and scorers last year (Photo Tom Twining).
Coach Marcia LaRock
by Carol Madison
Although the returning squad
of the women's basketball team is
backed by experience, this year
may be a rebuilding year because
the voice giving instructions from
the sidelines will be that of a new
coach.
Marcia LaRock has assumed
the responsibilities as the new
by Carol Madison
The women's cross country
team finished its season on a high
note last weekend as the team
took fourth place out of ten Di-vision
Three schools in the state
meet.
A strong and almost unbeatable
St. Olaf team placed first in the
meet, followed by St. Thomas and
Carleton, and then Bethel in the
fourth position.
"It was exciting to be fourth in
the state because it's the best any
Bethel women's cross country
team has ever done," said Captain
Brenda Harris, who finished
fourth for Bethel and 27th overall.
Wendy Norberg led Bethel with
head coach, and under her direc-tion,
the team began practice a
month ago in preparation for the
new season opener on Nov. 27
against U of M at Morris.
LaRock is originally from
Mounds View, which is just
"three miles down the road from
here." She has taught and coach-ed
at Silver Bay, Minnesota for
the past seven years, and she was
responsible for launching a suc-cessful
basketball program there.
But her coaching abilities are not
limited, as she has also coached
swimming, gymnastics, volleyball
and track.
She graduated from the U of M
at Duluth and did some graduate
work at the St. Paul U of M, and
is now working on a one-year de-gree
in Bible from North Central
Bible College.
LaRock has tackled the new
coaching job with the idea of
"starting fresh."
"I didn't get a lot of informa-tion
from the previous coach be-cause
I wanted to look at all the
players objectively and give each
the same chance," she said. "I
a 19th-place finish, followed close-ly
by Ellie Abbott at 22nd and
Theresa Meredith at 25th. Kathy
Zappe took the fifth Bethel posi-tion
by finishing 33rd, and Cindy
Martin finished one runner behind
her at 35th.
"Everyone ran a good race des-pite
the cold and snowy weather
conditions," said Harris. "We
didn't expect to do that well be-cause
of injuries. Cindy has been
able to run only one other race,
and Theresa is just recovering
from a stressed fracture in her an-kle.
But it was good to run as a
full team again," she added.
The Royals will not lose any of
its team members to graduation
next year.
can't say how successful we'll be
because I have not seen the com-petition,
but I think we'll do well.
But right now I'm looking at the
season one game at a time."
She will be working with a
young, but experienced team. On-ly
one player, Cindi Ramm, was
lost to graduation, and there are
no seniors this year. But most of
the returning juniors and sopho-mores
saw plenty of action last
year. Six freshmen and two trans-fer
juniors will round out the ros-ter.
"We definitely have a lot of
good height that can move under
the basket, and the freshmen are
going to give us more depth than
last year," said LaRock. "We
hope to play a fast game because
two of our 5'-10" gals are sprint-ers
on the track team, and com-bining
them with fast guards
should help us reach our goal."
Returning players include jun-iors
Katie Miller, Beth Karsjens,
Deb Sension, Joann Griffin, and
sophomores Sheila Kroon, Laurie
Harvey, Gloria Baker and Leslie
Smith. According to Coach La-
Rock, the starting lineup is not
definite and as many as nine play-ers
are still being considered for
the positions.
LaRock is excited about the
chance to coach in a Christian set-ting.
"I like the idea of combining
two things that I really believe
in—Christ and the value of sports.
I already feel a real unity in fel-lowship
with the players."
The team will have an inter-squad
scrimmage at 7 p.m. on
Tuesday before the first game of
the season the following week.
Tomorrow's alumni game
features such past greats as the
legendary Steve Scroggins, John
Priestley, Wayne Hallquist, Will
Healy, Doug Erickson, and three
players from last year's team
(Greg Peterson, Tom Tengwall,
and Jeff McCall), and others.
Hopefully, Ron Peterson, a star
from the 60's, will appear, too.
At halftime there will be a
"horse" contest between three
youngsters, Keith Tekautz, custo-dian;
Charles Peterman, physical
plant worker; and 79-year-old
Eric Borgeson, a retired Bethel
employee. Keith is known as the
best left-handed hockey and
by Steve Erickson
Conference co-champion Con-cordia
pounded Bethel 55-7 in the
,,son finale, played in bitter cold
ather last Saturday at Moor-id.
Four teams, Concordia, St.
John's, St. Olaf, and St. Thomas,
own identical 6-2 records and a
share of the MIAC title. Last year
St. Olaf and Concordia tied for
the championship.
Bethel finished 2-8, 1-7 in con-ference
play as the Royals drop-ped
their last seven of the year.
The Royals' only points came
on a 32-yard pass from Jim An-derstrom
to Ken Cooper in the
third quarter.
Concordia scored twice in the
first quarter, three times in the se-cond,
and once in the third, for a
"horse" player we have at Bethel.
Also at halftime, plaques of five
Bethel athletes who gained na-tional
recognition will be unveil-ed.
The five to be honored include
Scroggins, Ron Peterson, and
three former football players, Jim
Nelson, Kevin Hallstrom, and
Kim Walker.
Gametime is at 7:30.
41-0 lead before Bethel finally got
on the board. The Cobbers rolled
up 435 yards on the ground, and
510 yards total offense.
Jim Klug was the big gun for
Concordia, scoring on three runs
in the first half and rushing for
129 yards in 21 carries.
For the season, highlights have
not been too numerous. But the
Royals played well in a near-win
over Gustavus, a very respectable
showing at St. John's, and a
crushing win over a fired-up Ma-calester
team.
Individually, a number of Be-thel
players have either led or
placed high in offensive categor-ies.
Among them are Anderstrom,
Ken Cooper, Jeff Wilson and
others. Also, many players, such
as the offensive and defensive
lines, have played strong games
but never been recognized.
Team efforts yields
fourth in state meet
Alumni, horse pros take center court
Royals frozen in tracks,
Cobbers march on to win

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Male chorus, women's choir, college choir, and concert band combine for Festival of Christmas,
held Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 2.
amount that banks can loan,
bankers are more reluctant to loan
a great amount of money.
Dave Lissner (Photo Tom
Twining).
Bethel, debaters Marlene Triggs and Teresa tliason impressed competitors, judges and coaches
alike in the CEDA debate tournament last weekend (Photo Doug Barkey).
the Clarion. Vol 55 No. 10 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN Nov. 16, 1979
Festival program plans
additional visual appeal
by Mari Broman
The 23rd annual Festival of
Christmas promises to appeal to
the eyes, as well as the ears, in a
"different and unusual" fashion,
said Robert Berglund, director of
the college choir. In addition to
selections by the male chorus,
women's choir, college choir and
concert band, Robert Clark
Nelson will show its multi-media
presentation, "Glories of Crea-tion,"
as background for some of
the songs, replacing the usual
decorated backdrop.
Nelson, chairman of St.
Catherine's art department, has
won international awards for his
presentations. "We're honored
that he would come," said
Berglund. Nelson uses six
computer-operated projectors—
two for each screen.
This year's concert, "Rejoice
Greatly," will feature the concert
band as the accompanying group,
instead of the orchestra. The
55-member band will also play
several solo numbers, including a
contemporary piece dealing with
space, with accompanying slides
from Clark's presentation. The
orchestra will divide into
ensembles and play in the halls
and fieldhouse prior to the con-cert.
Each of the choirs will perform
three or four pieces individually,
and all 200 singers will join as a
festival choir for four numbers.
The narrator for the program is
Mr. Paul Stage. station manager
for WCCO FM.
The directors expect sell-out
crowds again this year; Saturday's
performance is already sold out.
Tickets are still available for Fri-day,
Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. and Sun-day,
Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. and 7:30
p.m.
The festival committee is also
sponsoring a decorating contest in
the halls and windows near the
fieldhouse and main entrance
areas. A $50 prize will be awarded
the best decoration. Guidelines
for the contest can be picked up in
the campus coordinators' office.
by Suzi Wells
Completion of new dorms on
campus by next fall is "highly im-probable"
according to David
Lissner, director of campus de-velopment,
primarily due to high
interest rates. .
Several weeks ago, Lissner in-vestigated
the possibility of re-ceiving
a low-interest loan from
the federal government, but one
of 159 applicants, Bethel was
rated 43, and only 13 were fund-ed.
"I believe we are at a peak of
interest rates now," Lissner said.
"Traditionally interest rates come
back down."
Lissner said that Bethel tries to
borrow when interest rates look
best. Since the federal government
now regulates much of the
by Joy Nannette Banta
"So that's the team that every-body
is afraid of," was the com-ment
overheard coming from the
debate team competitors at the
CEDA (Cross Examination De-bate
Association) tournament in
Brookings, S.D. last weekend.
Marlene Triggs and Teresa Elia-son,
in their first debate together
this year, came off with first place
as they went 6-0 at South Dakota
State University.
"They were thoroughly impres-sive,"
said Phillip Rohler, assis-tant
director of forensics and de-bate.
"They were confident, total-ly
in control, and very much pre-pared—
they did their homework.
I think they did one fine job," he
added.
Even some of the judges ap-proached
Rohler after the final
round and told him, "You have
one fine CEDA debate team
there."
"They really stole the show,"
said Rohler.
Triggs and Eliason were among
six students who participated in
the tournament. Becky Madsen
and Laurie Patterson made it to
the finals with their duet interpre-tation.
Ken Wanovich, with his
first effort in a tournament for
Bethel, placed third in persuasive
speaking, and Ira King partici-pated
in the poetry interpretation
but was unable to place.
Madsen and Patterson indivi-dually
participated in the persua-sive
speaking, and King and
Triggs entered a duet interpreta-tion,
but none of them placed in
these categories.
Eighteen schools, including
Carleton, Concordia-Moorhead,
Westmar College and Black Hills
cont. on p. 7
NEXT ISSUE
Due to the break in our pro-duction
schedule because
of Thanksgiving break, the
Clarion will next be publish-ed
Dec. 7.
Part of the solution to Bethel's the college buildings and $4 mil-housing
problem will be solved de- lion for dorms. Lissner said that
pending on how readily Bethel can the cost for a new dorm would be
find apartments for single stu- about $1 million, that operating
dents, Lissner said. Ideally, most expenses total about $51,000 an-single
students will live in dorms nually, and that current interest
or townhouses on campus, and rates are about 12.5 per cent an-apartments
will be leased to mar- nually.
ried students. Although Bethel does have a
"Bethel's goal is to be able to heavy debt, Lissner is not pessi-house
two-thirds of its students on mistic about its future. "We
campus," said Lissner. This squeeze more value out of a dollar
would release apartments for mar- here," he said. "About 15 per
ried students. cent of every dollar comes from
Currently, 1360 students of gifts." Last year Bethel received
1890 enrolled are in college hous- over 2 million dollars in gifts.
ing. Of the 1360, 874 are housed "We're always conscious that
on campus. • Bethel is gift-funded," he said.
Bethel's mortgages now total "It takes a lot of dedication on the
about $10 million, $6 million for part of God's people."
Debaters steal show
in overwhelming rout
New dorm probability sinks as rates rise
mm!...This is the first one
I've seen that really knows
the meaning of
Thanksgiving.
letters
All lose due to poor attendance
Page 2
editorial
On-campus housing
demands top priority
An incident last Thursday between a Clarion staff member and an ad-ministrator
in student affairs prompts an analysis of some of
Bethel's priorities in spending.
The student went to student affairs representing some Silvercrest
residents to propose that these residents be given a rebate on their hous-ing
costs to atone for the lack of furniture thus far this year. Her argu-ment
went like this: we signed a contract for a furnished apartment; we
paid as much for our apartment as those in Fountain Terrace paid for
theirs; we did not receive a furnished apartment, as those at Fountain
Terrace did; therefore, since Bethel broke the terms of the lease, we feel
Bethel owes us some sort of renumeration.
The administration's position was that Bethel did everything possible
to deliver furniture on time, that students should show patience and
selflessness in the situation. And the terms of the lease were sufficiently
vague in defining "furnished"—most apartments did have beds—so
that, technically, the lease was not broken.
Most of the Clarion editorial staff supports the students' position,
but some believe that student affairs was correct on the technicality, and
that there is no real practical way of fixing monetary value on spending
two months without kitchen tables. This issue will have to be handled
delicately by student affairs, and we urge handling that takes the
students' interests into account, rather than looking only on the legal
and financial sides.
We feel that while this incident should not be blown out of propor-tion,
the situation is caused by a greater and continuing problem at
Bethel that betrays its priorities in its budgeting policies.
On October 23, 1970, the Clarion printed an editorial concerning the
lack of space, mentioning that Bethel was housing students in Centen-nial
Gardens apartments at a financial loss.
The situation has not changed in nine years. Bethel did not have
enough dorm space while on old campus, and it does not have it now.
We wonder how much longer Bethel will be adding more off-campus
housing because it lacks dorm space on its campus.
This stopgap, off-campus Bethel housing is not an acceptable solu-tion.
Through a split campus, Bethel loses its unity, and what is more
important at a Christian college? Living away from campus also puts
unnecessary burdens on the students financially, academically, and
socially.
Because of the sporadic bus service, many apartment and old campus
residents feel the need to drive to school every day. In the age of increas-ing
gas prices and depleting gas supply, it seems ever more important to
house students on campus.
When tied to the bus schedule, students lose their freedom to attend
Bethel events and make use of Bethel facilities such as the library, the
gym and student clubs and productions. None of the off-campus resi-dents
can walk to campus for a basketball game, for example.
With the great number of students off campus, the food service also
suffers; most off-campus residents eat in the cafeteria at rare intervals.
What is most discouraging is that there seems to be little or no interest
in resolving the situation. The problem has been with us for at least nine
years—not only has foresight been limited, but also realization of a pre-sent
problem.
We feel Bethel's administration should realize that before admitting
2000 students we should have room to house them.
The situation is different at Hamline, Mac and the University because
of their more urban neighborhoods. There is no low-rent housing avail-able
within walking distance of Bethel. Because of Bethel's seclusion in
the rolling hills of Arden, we need to house a much greater percentage
of our students on campus.
Dorms are expensive. But we urge those in charge of Bethel's money
to make on-campus housing a priority. The beautiful courtyards, the
new student center complete with mosaic, and even nature paths are
nice, but they are not necessary. We would prefer attention to our basic
needs first, and housing should be of first priority in any budget-making
process in the near future.
Bells should be canned,
not worth lot of trash
Dear Editor, Whatever happened to the good
$13,000 for nonexistent bells? old days when people just wanted
Shouldn't we first consider a spire garbage cans in the parking lot?
on one of the buildings, or a cou-ple
more Bible verses inscribed in
Quite sincerely,
marble?
J.D. Klaessy
Dear Editor (actually, Dear Stu-dent
Body):
As a performer of various kinds
(and qualities), it is an unavoid-able
realization for me that aes-thetics
is a dying art at Bethel.
This death is not due to a lack of
talent amongst performers, nor is
it even due to the absence of suita-ble
surroundings. The major rea-son,
in the eyes of this observer, is
the apathy of Bethel's student
body.
This realization has built up
over the past two and one half
years, but undeniably struck home
at Sunday afternoon's orchestra
concert. Playing to an audience
primarily composed of parents
and music faculty, Bethel's stu-dent
orchestra did an outstanding
job and receive my commendation
(for whatever that's worth).
Bethel students would not know
that had I not told them. Bethel's
students probably do not care.
The orchestra deserves better than
that. The theatre and art depart-ments
also deserve better, and all
need student support.
As Christians, we are to support
and encourage each other. There
is no greater encouragement than
physical presence at a concert,
play or art showing.
The performers are not the only not come -do miss out. They miss
ones who would benefit from the God's message and blessing. They
presence of students in the au- miss the excitement, yes, excite-dience.
Those who attend just ment, of watching their friends
might (if they do not carefully and peers reproduce beauty and
avoid such a possibility) find op- truth. They miss the blessing they
portunities for intellectual and would receive in giving positive
aesthetic growth and even wor- reinforcement .
ship. It takes extra care to not
Aesthetics is dying at Bethel—a
hear the words of God through formality that symbolizes the in-these
media. dividual aesthetic deaths of many
Those who would come with an students. Aesthetics will be dead
open heart would not be disap- at Bethel unless those individuals
pointed—especially since all per- who are aesthetically dead come
formers react best to a large au- alive. You will profit from it.
dience (which in theory should not
be true—but is). Those who do Mark Tanquist the Clarion Vol. 55, No. 10 Bethel College Nov. 16, 1979
The Clarion is published weekly by the students of Bethel Col-lege.
Editorial opinions are the sole responsibility of the Clarion
staff. Letters are welcome, and must be signed and delivered to
P.O. 2381 by the Sunday before publication.
Paul Olsen, Editor
Suzi Wells, Associate Editor
Carol Madison, News & Sports Editor
Steve Erickson, News & Sports Editor
Joy Nannette Banta, Copy Editor
Shelly Nielsen, Production, Doug Barkey, Photography Editor
Carolyn Olson, Graphics, Suanne Hawkins, Business Manager
Juan Ortiz, Cartoonist
Scott Barsuhn, Fine Arts, Jay Russell, Staff Writer
Dan Nelson, director of financial aid, explains why Bethel's tuition and room and board costs
are low, comparatively (Photo Annette Loeks).
Page 3
Tuition gripes abound,
but Bethel rates low
by Shari Goddard
Complaining about high tuition
is a common pastime among Be-thel
students. In a recent survey of
college tuitions, however, Bethel
ranked second to lowest when
compared to other private colleges
in Minnesota and lowest among
the Christian College consortium.
"It's important students know
that, what looks like high tuition
is, comparatively, an attractive
rate," said Norris Anderson,
director of development.
"You have to take the survey
numbers with a grain of salt,"
said Dan Nelson, director of fi-nancial
aid. He explained that
each college estimates the amount
students will pay for personal ex-penses.
Some schools estimate
high and some estimate low. Be-thel's
estimate is average com-pared
to Minnesota schools, but
low compared to Consortium Col-leges.
This could affect Bethel's
low rank in the Consortium.
"The news on that survey isn't
that we're the lowest in the Con-sortium,
but that we're in the bot-tom
half," Nelson said. "That's a
move for us. We used to be the
top second or third on the list."
Nelson gave several reasons for
the low costs. "Our room rate of
$700 is slightly lower at the mo-ment
than at other schools,' he
letters
Bells signify
neglect outs
Dear 'F„ditor
I was very upset with the an-nouncement
of the newly pro-posed
aesthetic addition to our
campus. I am talking about the to-wer
of "chiming carillonic bells."
I don't understand how we can
seclude ourselves in our commun-ity
and profess that we are Chris-tians
at the same time. I think that
sometimes we get caught in
ourselves so much that we forget
about the outside world. I really
don't feel that by chiming bells in
the tune of hymns known to us is
professing the beliefs we acclaim
to others. And that is just what
God has called us to do.
Also, it bothers me immensely
that we should consider spending
$13,000 on a "project that in-volves
something that we can do
without." (A quote from last
week's Clarion). I could not con-done
Bethel for doing this when
there are so many other causes the
money could be used for.
Why can't we use it to help
reach people outside of our com-munity?
Wouldn't that help to
distinguish Bethel as a Christian
college?
I wonder if we are too secluded
and worried about our own plea-sures.
I can't believe that we need
to spend $13,000 to help us wor-ship
God.
Christ did not seclude himself
from the world and hum his fa-vorite
tunes. Rather, He came into
the world to speak to us in a way
said. He added that this may go
up in the future because of new
dorm construction.
Nelson also pointed out that
our present food system dis-courages
waste, because students
pay only for what they eat.
Funds for Bethel come from
three sources: tuition, gifts, and
auxiliary enterprises, such as food
service and the book store. Nelson
thinks that Bethel has a generous
group of donors. Anderson
agrees.
"By and large, our supporting
denomination (the Baptist
General Conference) is much
more generous than others," said
Anderson. He said that Augsburg
received very little in gifts when
compared to Bethel, but added
that they received a large amount
of government grants. Bethel does
not accept those kinds of grants.
by Nancy Austin
The fifteen member Bethel
Board of Regents will be holding
their November meeting in Il-linois.
Beverly Thompson,
secretary of the board, recently
explained the function of the
board.
"The regents are the liaison bet-seclusion;
ide reach
we could understand.
If we truly want to help distin-guish
Bethel as a Christian col-lege,
let's be Christians! By doing
so, let's seek out our neighbors
with songs they understand.
Sincerely,
Susan L. Anderson
by Jan Johnson
Next fall, instead of having five
grades, as we do now, we will have
eleven. Bethel is changing over
from the basic A, B, C, D, and
NC, to a + /- system. The ,grade
points will be as follows: A, 4.0;
A-, 3.7; B + , 3.3; B, 3.0; B-,
C + , 2.3; C, 2.0; C-, 1.7; D ,
1.3; D, 1.0.
Dr. Dwight Jessup, director of
academic affairs, said that it will
make a wide variation in GPAs.
Teachers will be able to better
distinguish between academic
ranks.
Instead of making just a
straight B, students will be able to
Make a B + and bring their GPA
up.
The proposal was first adopted
by the faculty in the spring of
1978. It was not put into effect
this year because the grading
system will have to be put through
ween Bethel and the Baptist
General Conference (BGC). Our
main purposes are to review the
faculty to see if they are
academically and spiritually
sound, and to set up Bethel's
budget," said Thompson.
Day-to-day activities can be
handled by the school, but the
board was formed to set policies
and vote on proposals. "The
board gave the go-ahead for the
nursing program with Mounds
Midway, and it is responsible for
decisions on what buildings are
needed at Bethel and researching
their costs," she said. A current
proposal before the board is the
planning for the new science
building.
The upcoming meeting will last
a day and a half. "Sometimes we
start at 8 in the morning and don't
get out until 10 or 11 p.m.," said
Thompson.
the new computer, which is not in
use yet. By next fall, however,
Jessup hopes to see the new
system being used.
"I can't wait for it to get
started. I want to see how it works
Dwight Jessup (Photo Doug
Barkey).
The first day of meetings the
board will have an open session
with resource people who
specialize in researching the pro-posals.
They will tell the regents
what the proposal is about, what
it entails, and what the costs will
be.
In the case of the science
building, members of the science
department will state why it is
needed. The regents will also be
informed of estimated costs of the
building. The next day, a closed
session, is spent voting on the
various proposals.
The board is made up of fifteen
Baptist General Conference
members who represent several
states and a variety of occupa-tions.
They meet four times a
year. Five of the members are
from the Twin Cities, and serve on
an executive committee which
meets one-half day a month.
out," he said. The biggest effect
will be the wider range of GPAs,
but Jessup also thinks there will be
more students going to teachers
and trying to get their grades
changed.
He thinks this will happen
because the span between grades
will not be as large as it used to be.
In the old system, there was a one-point
span between letter grades.
With the new system, there is only
a 4-10ths of a point difference be-tween,
for example, a B + and an
A-.
CHAPEL SCHEDULE
Monday Advent Hymns
Tuesday Jeannine Bohl-meyer-
Parables
Wednesday Pastor Spick-
. elmier
A nominating committee
chooses Baptist General Con-ference
members who represent
various districts. The nominees
are voted on by the entire BGC at
the conference in June. Three
members are elected each year.
The board members serve a
five-year term, and may be re-elected
after a one-year period out
of office.
Regent members are:
John F. Anderson, Pastor, First
Baptist Church, LaCrescenta,
California.
Norman Anderson, Board
Chairman, Pastor, Bethany Bap-tist
Church, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Douglas Baltz, Pastor, Salem
Baptist Church, Eau Claire,
Wisconsin.
Dr. Violet Bergquist, Coor-dinator
of Spanish Teacher
Education, University of Illinois,
Chicago campus.
Gerald Boman, Winnebago In-dustries,
Inc., Forest City, Iowa.
Warren Eastlund, Attorney,
Johnson and Eastlund, Min-neapolis,
Minnesota.
Donald Goss, Attorney, Goss
and Ayres, San Diego, California.
John Hasselblad, Retired Presi-dent
of Van Schaack, Denver,
Colorado.
Arthur Hoehl, Business
Manager, Sioux Falls Public
Schools, Sioux Falls, South
Dakota.
Gunner Kronholm, Retired
President of Drover's State Bank,
St. Paul, Minnesota.
Gordon Lindquist, Board Vice-
Chairman, Vice President,
Mutual Service Insurance Corn-panies,
St. Paul, Minnesota.
Robert Luther, Pastor, College
Avenue Baptist Church, San
Diego, California.
Roy Nordstrom, Program Of-ficer
(Director-CETA), Grand
Rapids, Michigan.
Harold Phillips, Retired
Business Executive, Edmonton,
Alberta.
Beverly Thompson, Homemak-er,
St. Paul, Minnesota.
Expanded system alters grading
Regents plan Illinois get-together
Paul Christian Don Postema Rod Broding Rune Engebretsen
Something seems a little on the strange side? That's right, there is an
"S" missing in the headline, but not only that—the contest deadline is
this Wednesday! Let's take a minute to clear up two terrorizing
misconceptions which some of you may still be holding on to.
First and foremost, you don't have to be a "Professional" to enter
the contest! In other words, one of your picturesque Polaroid poses,
your Basic Communication diary entries, or even one of those
delightfully detailed sitting-in-a-boring-lecture doodles all possess
Passage publication potential!
Our aim is to get as much of the student body involved as possible in
the creation of this year's magazine. The more input we have, the more
complete a picture of the year is possible. We're trying to convey the
thoughts, feelings, changes, and growth we experience during college,
and here at Bethel in 1979-80 in particular.
Anything and everything is acceptable. So don't hold back because
you're afraid that your entry is too deep, too light-hearted, or even too
honest to submit. The magazine's specific theme and direction will be
established at the end of the month as a direct result of the contest en-tries
we receive.
The other misconception which should be cleared up is the idea that a
contest entry has to be "something extra." One of the basic principles
of college life is that time is limited. In fact there is never as much as we
need!
It is fantastic if you can find the time to create something special for
the contest but feel just as welcome to submit a recent class assignment,
or a photo you took two months ago. If it is special and significant for
you, the odds are that others can relate and appreciate it as well. All en-tries
will be returned to you whether they are published or not.
Although the entries are pouring in, there is still plenty of opportunity
for you to become exceedingly rich. That's right, there is money galore
for our contest winners!$$! Three prizes will be awarded for place win-ners
(1st, $25; 2nd, $15; 3rd, $10), in the two categories: written and
visual.
Enter as many entries as you wish. Submit them to the editor, Rob
Johnson, P.O. 794, by 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21, 1979. Include your
name and P.O. on your entry. Good luck.
In the future, more people may be able to use LRC facilities
through extended weekend library hours (Photo Dan Velie).
Page 4
Bethel's faculty works harder than most students think
by Ann Taylor
They lecture and they give as-signments.
They correct exams,
head departments, committees
and clubs, attend meetings and
advise advisees. They set up labs,
"contact hours" and whole de-partments.
They write disserta-tions
and outside speeches. They
are the Bethel faculty.
The average weekday for facul-ty
members begins at school
around 7 a.m. and ends about 5
p.m. But it can be much longer,
too, not counting early mornings,
late nights, weekends and holi-days.
"Last year was my first year at
Bethel and I frequently spent as
many as 20 hours preparing for
one lecture," said William Smal-ley,
professor of linguistics. These
hours have lessened now that
Smalley's classes are no longer as
new to him as they are to his stu-dents.
"I even work while I eat
lunch," said Paul Christian, pro-fessor
of biology after biting into
his pear. "There is no end to set-ting
up labs. There is always more
to be done."
The first five weeks of this term
Christian taught nine lectures and
six labs a week. Preparation for
classes "goes on continuously,"
he said, including weekends and
nights. He sometimes works 4-5
hours preparing for one lecture.
Dr. Christian spent six hours re-vising
an exam for his invertebrate
zoology class. "Correcting it
might take another six hours," he
added.
The outside reading and
preparation for classes that can
not be accomplished during the
day must be squeezed into either
early morning or late night hours.
Teachers must decide what is the
best time for them to work.
Lynn Fauth, department coor-dinator
and associate professor of
English and writing, begins
reading papers at 4:30 a.m. before
coming to his office at 7:30. He
said, "I work best in the early
morning."
Rune Engebretsen, assistant
professor in modern language and
literature, does all of his prepara-tion
at home in the evenings or on
weekends. "My time on campus is
devoted to contact hours with
students."
Faculty members are required
to participate in some type of ad-ministrative
committee.
Therefore, in addition to checking
up on advisees, coordinating de-partmental
programs and extra-curricular
activities (Linguistics
Fellowship, the Writing Lab,
CDC, Film Forum), and aside
from translating foreign docu-by
Julie Pflejsen
Action is being taken this week
by the student senate to get the li-brary
opened on weekend even-ings.
Sophomore Senator Mark
Whittemore is in charge of this
project. He plans to set up propo-sals
that will deal with the ideas re-quested
by the students as well as
the problems faced by the library
officials.
Students . have posted their re-quests
on the beef board that the
library be opened on Friday and
Saturday evenings.
One letter stated that too many
people had to give up their activi-ties
during the weekend days so
ments into English, keeping
abreast of their field, answering
questions for students who wan-der
in with a problem or a Clarion
story to be written, or attending
chapel, teachers find themselves
sitting in on a wide variety of
meetings throughout the month.
Many act as chairpersons for a
campus committee, coordinator
of their department or both. Fa-culty
meetings are held once a
month, as are the departmental
and divisional meetings. The lin-guistics
department also has an
additional monthly meeting which
includes wives.
"The committees I have been
on," said Fauth, "have worked
directly with academic policy.
They have been setting directions
for the future."
Sitting in his office one Thurs-day
afternoon, Assistant Pro-fessor
of Philosophy Don Poste-ma
said he is never at school on
Thursdays because that is the day
he has set aside to work on his dis-sertation.
they could get their work done in
the library before it closed at 5
p.m.
Whittemore says that the main
problem faced by the library is the
cost involved in working the staff
these extra hours.
Irene Doble, the LRC technical
service secretary said that she
thought it might also be difficult
to find the people willing to work
after 5 p.m. on weekends.
Whittemore said that if he can
present good solutions to the li-brary
officials then they will have
to deal with it.
One of Whittemore's proposals
is to close the library on Sundays
and at 8 p.m. on Wednesday even-
"Other days, when I am here,"
he said, "I try to be available to
students."
Other teachers agreed that stu-dents
are high on their priority
lists.
"Teaching," said Rod Broding,
assistant professor of speech-com-munication,
"is not just a con-tract,
it is a calling and not a job,
but a way of life."
Broding is the director of de-bate
and forensics and coaches
these students on an individual ba-sis.
"I welcome personal relation-ships
with students and I put that
above any task."
"I'm here for the students'
benefit," said Fauth.
Research is another faculty re-quirement.
Intended to refreshen
and strengthen a teacher's
knowledge, Engebretsen pointed
out that it is "very important for
Bethel's scholarly standing and
growth." Nevertheless, teaching
responsibilities "leave little time
for research and professional
development," said Engebretsen.
ings because these are times when
students are usually involved in
church activities. Whittemore said
that these eight hours can be used
on weekend evenings and it will
not cost the library any extra mon-ey.
Whittemore is working on his
other proposals and plans to pre-sent
them by Wednesday.
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Bowl after basketball, sing on Sunday
Beginning in the Dec. 7 Clarion, we will run a two-part retrospective look at the past decade. To kick
off this wave of nostalgia, we request reader participation in choosing Bethel's most popular song of the
seventies. Please remove this ballot, and turn your vote in to P02381 by Nov. 30. Vote for one song on-ly.
Nominees are based on Billboard's top song each year. We realize this collection is dripping with sap,
but Billboard is the only definitive judge of popularity at our immediate disposal. We encourage write-i
ns.
❑❑❑❑❑❑❑
❑ 1969—Sugar, Sugar, by the Archies
❑ 1970—Bridge Over Troubled Water, by Simon
and Garfunkle
❑ 1971—Joy to the World, by Three Dog Night
❑ 1972—First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, by
Roberta Flack
❑ 1973—Tie A Yellow Ribbon..., by Tony Orlando
and Dawn
1974—The Way We Were, by Barbra Streisand
1975—Love Will Keep Us Together, by The
Captain and Tenille
1976—Silly Love Songs, by Wings
1977—Tonight's the Night, by Rod Stewart
1978—Shadow Dancing, by Andy Gibb
(write-in)
by Mary Beth Larson
and Bob Schmidt
Well, we have had two very full
weekends in a row, so the C.C. ac-tivities
will slow down just a bit.
We hope that those of you who at-tended
the concert last Saturday
evening really enjoyed it and were
as blessed as we were.
With all of the sports events
coming up, we're encouraging you
to get out and support our teams.
On Friday evening, there is a
hockey game with the University
of Eau Claire at 8 p.m. Saturday
evening, the men's basketball
team will be playing the Alumni at
7:30 p.m.
After the BB game, at approx-
Joint voice recital
for Brickmore, Voth
to be given Monday
Pamela Bickmore from Rock-land,
Maine, and Richard Voth
for Buenos Aires, Argentina, will
be presenting a joint senior voice
recital Monday evening, Nov. 19,
at 8 p.m. in the Bethel Seminary
Chapel.
Bickmore is a senior music edu-cation
major and is studying with
Gerard Sundberg. Voth, a senior
church music major, is a student
of Oliver Mogck.
Program selections will include
"I1 mio tesoro," from Mozart's
opera "Don Giovannie," "Apres
un reve," and an original com-position
by Voth.
The music department extends
an invitation to the Bethel com-munity
to attend the recital and
the reception following. There is
no admission charge.
imately 9:30 p.m., everyone is in-vited
to go bowling at Flaherty's
Bowl, located on County Road E.
It costs 90 cents a lane/person per
game, and the shoes are free.
There will be a limited number of
lanes, so you must sign up on the
C.C. bulletin board by the coffee
shop by Thursday, November
15th.
On Sunday evening, we'll have
our third singspiration. The last
two have been well-attended.
Everyone leaves really glad that
they took the time to come. We'll
meet in the gym at 9 p.m. for a
special time of singing, devotions,
and prayer. It's a great way to
spend a while on Sunday evening,
dedicating the week to the Lord!
Monday evening, the '19th, will
include our third "great classic"
of our Film Forum series. The
film is called "My Uncle
Antoine" and is the most honored
Canadian film ever made. It's the
story of a young boy coming of
age in the Canadian backwoods
today. Meet in. FA 313 at 7 p.m.
Refreshments will be provided.
Just a quick reminder that audi-tions
for "Moods" will be held
December 4th. If you would like
to display or use your talents for
the service of the Bethel student
body, and ultimately for the Lord,
we would really appreciate seeing
them and using you to better our
"Moods" program this year.
We're looking for any type of
talent. You can sign up for a time
slot in which to audition at the
C.C. office. "Moods" will be
presented next March.
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open
column
Speak up, Christians;
help abort holocaust
by Steve Calvin
Editor's note: This column was submitted as a letter to the editor by
Calvin, a 1976 Bethel graduate.
Writing an open letter to the Bethel Community after being gone for
three and a half years may seem patronizing, or at the least presump-tuous.
When I graduated in 1976 and packed my bags for the trip to
medical school in St. Louis, I felt decidedly underqualified to share my
half-baked perceptions of our society and its goings-ons.
However, the need to swim against the prevailing current in living out
my Christian witness at Washington University has made me constantly
re-evaluate my stance on daily issues.
Bethel served as a safe harbor for me to grow spiritually as I became
an "educated person." It is impossible to fully appreciate the place until
you've been away, and I don't mean to Roseville or White Bear Lake.
Much of the impetus for this letter ocurred when my wife and I at-tended
the seminar/film series by Francis Schaeffer and associates deal-ing
with the subtle, but massive, loss of human rights attendant on the
issues of abortion and related matters.
I'm also geared up for such discussion since I am currently applying
for residency programs in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and much to my
dismay, a very large share of the University programs incorporate
pregnancy termination (or more euphemistically— reproductive health
procedures) into their training. Fortunately, I do not despair of gaining
admission to a suitable residency that does not force residents to partici-pate
in procedures they find unconscionable, but the importance and
magnitude of the issue makes it impossible to ignore.
One of the important points brought out in the seminar and the com-panion
book, "Whatever Happened to the Human Race" is that we are
at a watershed regarding where human life (fetal, child, adolescent,
adult, handicapped or elderly) is going to fall on society's list of
priorities.
The challenge I would like to present to the Bethel Community is that
silence by non-involvement is interpreted by society at large as ac-quiescence.
Probably underlying the silence of most of us conservative
evangelicals is the fact that we have not had to deal intimately with abor-tion
and like issues. It remains outside our interest—debated in Time
and Newsweek; it is hardly an issue to most Christians.
There is another probably smaller portion of Christians who profess
agreement with "freedom of choice," whom I believe are either misin-formed
or (and I say this humbly) wrongly supporting a grave sin.
This letter is not meant to be a treatise outlining the issues at hand. I
simply want to present a call to action. The arguments for protecting all
human life are cogently presented in the aforementioned book. I recom-mend
it highly.
As Christians who believe in a God who loves without regard to the
humanitarian/utilitarian valuations of life, we must become active in at-tempts
to both rectify laws and court opinions that have opened the way
to more than one million abortions in this country last year.
As importantly, we need to extend loving hands of assistance to those
whose situation could lead them to such horrifying solutions.
As I am finding out in my day to day life in medicine, this is a slippery
slope we tread. For our fellowship of Christians to remain silent allows
the opponents of human/fetal rights to say that this is simply a Catholic
vs. "Freedom of Choice" issue. Rather, it is an issue that involves each
person's perception of human life.
I am not one given to hysteria or radicalism, and it took more courage
than I can usually muster to write this letter. But I think it important to
share my concerns.
My prayer is that Christians, and especially those who are students,
faculty, and staff at Bethel, will not be judged at the end of the century
to have been not-so-innocent bystanders to another sort of holocaust.
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Stipe's decathlon ambitions first in Bethel history
by Juan Ramos
If someone were to ask Greg
Stipe what track and field events
he was seriously training for, he
would list the following: 400-me-ter
dash, long jump, shotput, high
jump, 100-meter dash, discus,
110-meter hurdles, pole vault, ja-velin
and the 1500-meter run.
In short, the 20-year-old junior
business major from Bethel Col-lege
is training for the decathlon.
According to Bethel Track coach
Leighton Betz, Stipe is the first
person from Bethel to participate
in decathlon.
Stipe is regarded as one of
Bethel's best athletes by the P.E.
staff, as well as by many of the
students. Presently, he holds five
school records in track and field.
Betz thinks that Stipe has a good
chance of breaking another school
record, in the javelin, this year.
During the 1978-79 track and
field season, Stipe accumulated a
total of 105 individual points and
was voted as the most valuable
member of the track team.
On May 21, 1979, Stipe com-peted
in the National Association
of Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) Track and Field meet held
in Abilene, Tex. He placed 13th in
the pole vault and 18th in the long
jump.
Two very important things hap-pened
to Stipe during the
NAIA nations. One was a reali-zation
of his athletic ability. "So
you're something big here
(Bethel). People at the nationals
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laugh at you. It was a terrible
blow, I felt really inferior," said
Stipe, but it motivated him to
shoot farther than the best in
school.
Second, was his exposure to col-legiate
decathletes. "I spent two
days watching the top decathletes
in the NAIA I saw that their
running times were far better than
my own, but in all the field events
except the high jump, I could stay
right with those guys. It was a mo-tivating
thing. They came down to
earth. We usually think of decath-letes
as Bruce Jenner, but these
guys were human beings."
It was about a week after the
NAIA national meet that Stipe
decided to begin training for the
decathlon. The main reason for
the decision was his belief that a
combined effort such as the deca-thlon
better affords him the op-portunity
for a high caliber per-formance
than if he concentrated
his efforts on one event.
He is also challenged by the de-cathlon.
"I enjoy the challenge. It
challenges your mind and it chal-lenges
your body." In training or
performance, if he doesn't do well
in one event, the other nine events
compensate. "It's more motivat-ing."
Stipe credits a good part of his
motivation to Howard Kellogg,
head field event coach for the
track team and assistant to the
athletic director. Besides chal-lenging
Stipe to improve, Kellogg
also taught him to throw the dis-cus
and the shot and run the hur-dles.
"Howie took me under his
wing. He's not only a coach, he's
a mental motivator."
Kellogg and Stipe competed in
an average of two area all-corners
track meets per week last summer.
One highlight included Stipe's
victory in a triathlon which con-sists
of three throwing events, the
shot, javelin and the discus.
Stipe's first decathlon was in
July in Madison, Wis. He placed
third with a point total of 5,990,
missing second place by about 35
points. According to Kellogg,
none of the other top competitors
had less than seven decathlons
under their belt, whereas this was
Stipe's first effort.
As an objective for his first de-cathlon,
Kellogg challenged Stipe
to earn a point total higher than
5,825 (Kellogg's point total in his
first decathlon). Stipe beat that to-tal
by 165 points. "Greg beat me
in only three events, but he still
outscored me," said Kellogg.
Kellogg's coaching is backed up
by experience. He has competed
internationally in the decathlon
including a 7th place finish in the
1971 Pan American Games. He
believes that Stipe has the poten-tial
to be an All-American in the
decathlon as well as in the pole
vault.
"I feel very close to Greg as a
Christian and a friend. I *ant to
help him become the best in all
that he does as an athlete and as
a Christian," said Kellogg.
The decathlon has given Stipe
exposure to athletes he would not
normally come into contact with.
Opportunities to share his faith
have been inevitable. He believes
the decathlon is unique because of
a selfless attitude among the com-petitors.
Wayne Erickson (left) works
towards establishing a grocery
store on campus.
The prime motivation for the
competitors is to score a personal
best in points rather than to win.
"It's like a clinic. One guy who
knows what he's doing will show
other guys what they're doing
wrong. You can really let your
Christian witness shine through in
something like that," said Stipe.
In the midst of athletic perfor-mance,
Stipe's priority is a physi-cal
and emotional awareness of
his event. "When I get done, I
pray that the Lord will keep me
conscious of who I'm running
for."
Running is a good part of
Stipe's training schedule: four
miles on Mondays and Wednes-days,
six miles on Tuesdays and
Thursdays and 440, 220, and 110
yard interval sprints on Fridays.
He throws the javelin and the
discus on Mondays and Thursdays
and also pole vaults. On Tuesdays
he high jumps. With the coming
of winter, Stipe is looking into
training in the fieldhouse at the
University of Minnesota.
Training for the decathlon is
by Laurie Lindahi
Though plans are still in the
talking stage, Bethel students may
soon see their first campus grocery
store. Wayne Erickson, co-director
of food service, is work-ing
to make this concept a reality.
The store would carry only
items that would be in highest de-mand
such as bread, milk, cheese,
ice-cream, etc. "There will not be
an elaborate array," said
Erickson. "The store will be much
like a Seven-Eleven or a Tom
Thumb." In addition to regularly
packaged products, homemade
breads and rolls will be available.
The main problem that
Erickson has to face when
establishing a store is that of fin-not
without its sacrifices. Stipe's
biggest sacrifice was to forgo foot-ball
this year in order to devote his
time to training. This was one of
his most difficult decisions since
he has been at Bethel.
Being an R.A., he has to sacri-fice
time that he would like to de-vote
to the guys on his floor.
"Training involves at least two
hours a day, but it has taught me
to budget my time."
Stipe's short-range goals are to
do well in the Drake Relays and to
qualify in the spring for the
NAIA decathlon with a point
total of 6700 or more. His long-range
goals are to be among the
top five decathletes in the
NAIA and to take a shot at the
National Collegiate Athletic Asso-ciation
decathlon.
The Olympics is not a goal for
Stipe at present. He occasionally
dreams about it, but he doesn't
see it as something practical to
strive for.
"I want to do something good
for once in my life, not something
mediocre. I want to see if I can ex-cel
in one thing for a change."
ding a suitable location for it.
"I've looked everywhere from
storage closets to small office
rooms," he said, "and still
haven't found an area that would
fit our needs."
When asked what prompted
him to start this project, Erickson
said, "As a food service, we are
here to serve the whole student
body. The idea of having a corn-misary
or grocery store came out
of the need to be of better service
to the students who live and cook
off-campus."
If the store becomes a reality,
students would be able to shop
with either food cards or cash.
Erickson shops around
for poss i ble commisary
Coach George Palke supervises a conditioning session during
basketball practice in preparation for the opening of the season
(Photo Tom Twining).
The young boy Benoit learns about life quickly in the Canadian
woods in "My Uncle Antoine," this Monday's film forum.
Personals
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Basketball Coach George Palke
has a lot of good things to say
about Bethel's basketball team
this year. "I am encouraged with
how hard the men have worked
and how fast they are adapting to
new things." He said the team has
more depth than Bethel has had
for a long time.
The three captains on the varsi-ty
squad are Dave Blanchard, Ray
Miller, and Scott Wilson. Blan-chard,
who is 5'10", recieved
honorable mention all-conference •
last year.
Ray Miller was all-conference
last year and he averaged twenty
points per game for the season.
Scott Wilson has a stress frac-ture
in his leg and will not play for
a week or two. Standing at
6'7'A ", Wilson averaged 12
points a game last year and also
received honorable mention all-conference.
With captains Blanchard,
Miller, and Wilson, Coach Palke
listed several other possible
starters. "We may not have a set
starting team because there are so
many potential starters," said
Palke.
Brothers Greg and Gary Edlund
transferred to Bethel this year.
Greg, a junior, transferred from a
junior college in California. Gary
is a senior. Gary will play guard,
wing and post, and Palke said,
"He has a lot of flexibility."
Another potential starter is
6'2" Tom Weko, who will play
wing. Palke said that Weko was
the best defensive player (guard)
last year.
Senior Steve Carrigan is the
tallest member of the team, stand-ing
6'9" and weighing 260 lbs.
Palke described Carrigan as "our
muscle."
About freshman Jason
Velgersdyk, Palke said, "He has
more natural ability than any
other player who has come to
Bethel in a long time. He's a hard
worker, too."
Although Andre La Berge will
not be eligible to play basketball
until Christmas, he will be a
potential starter later. Palke said
that La Berge is the most ag-gressive
defensive player on the
team.
Once Pat Cartier's injury heals,
he will be in the action for Bethel
also. Other members of the varsity
team are Bob Giddings, Cal
Lauwers, Paul Lindsey, and Kevin
Walton.
Coach Palke is pleased with the
spirited practices this year. He
said that the seniors are giving
good leadership and that is very
important in a team sport like
basketball. "I'm looking forward
to a good year. The team wants to
do more than play in the MIAC;
they want to be successful," he
said.
Bethel's first game is tomorrow
night against the alumni. The
Royals first regular season game is
Nov. 26 against Concordia.
Debate cont. from p. 1
State College, competed in the
tournament. This weekend the de-bate
team will fly to Bradley Uni-ersity
in Peoria, Ill. to debate the
schools from the national circuit.
"The Bradley tournament is
more of an Ivy League tourna-ment,"
said Rohler. "Bethel is
one of the smaller colleges that
participates in it."
The weekend after Thanksgiv-ing
break two teams will travel
two separate ways. The debate
team will go to Ames, Iowa with
Rohler, and an individual event
(IE) team will travel to Carthage
College in Wisconsin for a foren-sics
festival. Rod Broding, direc-tor
of forensics and debate, will
accompany the IE team.
Cagers aim to be successful
Bethel Events
Friday, Nov. 16
Sports
Hockey vs. Eau Claire, here at Columbia arena, 8 p.m.
Drama
"Bereshith," 8 p.m. in the experimental theatre
Saturday, Nov. 17
Sports
Basketball vs. Alumni, 7:30 p.m. in the gym
Drama
"Antigone," 8 p.m. in the experimental theatre
CC
Bowling at 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 18
Sports
Wrestling vs. alumni, 7 p.m. in the gym
CC
Singspiration, 9 p.m. in the gym
Monday, Nov. 19
Film Forum
"My Uncle Antoine," 7 p.m. in FA313
Tuesday, Nov. 20
Sports
Hockey vs. U of W/Stout, here at Columbia arena, 8 p.m.
Women's basketball, intersquad, 7 p.m. in the gym
Thursday, Nov. 22
Thanksgiving day
Saturday, Nov. 24
Sports
Hockey vs. St. Cloud, here at Columbia arena, 8 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 26
Sports
Basketball vs. Concordia/St. Paul, 7:30 in the gym
Tuesday, Nov. 27
Sports
Women's basketball vs. U of M/Morris, 6:30 in the gym
Thursday, Nov. 29
Sports
Basketball at Superior, 7:30 p.m.
Women's basketball at St. Catherine's, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 30
Sports
Hockey at Bemidji State, 7:30 p.m.
Music
Festival of Christmas, 8 p.m. in the gym
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Roller Skating, 12-2 a.m.
Saturday, Dec. 1
Sports
Wrestling, Terry Haws Inv. at St. John's, all day
Hockey at Bemidji State, 7:30 p.m.
Music
Festival of Christmas, 8 p.m. in the gym
Sunday, Dec. 2
Music
Festival of Christmas, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the gym
Tuesday, Dec. 4
Sports
Hockey at Eau Claire, 7:30 p.m.
Women's basketball at Dr. Martin Luther, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 6
Sports
Women's basketball at St. Benedict's, 6:30 p.m.
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B-ball focuses on 'fresh start'
Junior Beth Karsjens, shown taking a jump shot, was one of the
leading rebounders and scorers last year (Photo Tom Twining).
Coach Marcia LaRock
by Carol Madison
Although the returning squad
of the women's basketball team is
backed by experience, this year
may be a rebuilding year because
the voice giving instructions from
the sidelines will be that of a new
coach.
Marcia LaRock has assumed
the responsibilities as the new
by Carol Madison
The women's cross country
team finished its season on a high
note last weekend as the team
took fourth place out of ten Di-vision
Three schools in the state
meet.
A strong and almost unbeatable
St. Olaf team placed first in the
meet, followed by St. Thomas and
Carleton, and then Bethel in the
fourth position.
"It was exciting to be fourth in
the state because it's the best any
Bethel women's cross country
team has ever done," said Captain
Brenda Harris, who finished
fourth for Bethel and 27th overall.
Wendy Norberg led Bethel with
head coach, and under her direc-tion,
the team began practice a
month ago in preparation for the
new season opener on Nov. 27
against U of M at Morris.
LaRock is originally from
Mounds View, which is just
"three miles down the road from
here." She has taught and coach-ed
at Silver Bay, Minnesota for
the past seven years, and she was
responsible for launching a suc-cessful
basketball program there.
But her coaching abilities are not
limited, as she has also coached
swimming, gymnastics, volleyball
and track.
She graduated from the U of M
at Duluth and did some graduate
work at the St. Paul U of M, and
is now working on a one-year de-gree
in Bible from North Central
Bible College.
LaRock has tackled the new
coaching job with the idea of
"starting fresh."
"I didn't get a lot of informa-tion
from the previous coach be-cause
I wanted to look at all the
players objectively and give each
the same chance," she said. "I
a 19th-place finish, followed close-ly
by Ellie Abbott at 22nd and
Theresa Meredith at 25th. Kathy
Zappe took the fifth Bethel posi-tion
by finishing 33rd, and Cindy
Martin finished one runner behind
her at 35th.
"Everyone ran a good race des-pite
the cold and snowy weather
conditions," said Harris. "We
didn't expect to do that well be-cause
of injuries. Cindy has been
able to run only one other race,
and Theresa is just recovering
from a stressed fracture in her an-kle.
But it was good to run as a
full team again," she added.
The Royals will not lose any of
its team members to graduation
next year.
can't say how successful we'll be
because I have not seen the com-petition,
but I think we'll do well.
But right now I'm looking at the
season one game at a time."
She will be working with a
young, but experienced team. On-ly
one player, Cindi Ramm, was
lost to graduation, and there are
no seniors this year. But most of
the returning juniors and sopho-mores
saw plenty of action last
year. Six freshmen and two trans-fer
juniors will round out the ros-ter.
"We definitely have a lot of
good height that can move under
the basket, and the freshmen are
going to give us more depth than
last year," said LaRock. "We
hope to play a fast game because
two of our 5'-10" gals are sprint-ers
on the track team, and com-bining
them with fast guards
should help us reach our goal."
Returning players include jun-iors
Katie Miller, Beth Karsjens,
Deb Sension, Joann Griffin, and
sophomores Sheila Kroon, Laurie
Harvey, Gloria Baker and Leslie
Smith. According to Coach La-
Rock, the starting lineup is not
definite and as many as nine play-ers
are still being considered for
the positions.
LaRock is excited about the
chance to coach in a Christian set-ting.
"I like the idea of combining
two things that I really believe
in—Christ and the value of sports.
I already feel a real unity in fel-lowship
with the players."
The team will have an inter-squad
scrimmage at 7 p.m. on
Tuesday before the first game of
the season the following week.
Tomorrow's alumni game
features such past greats as the
legendary Steve Scroggins, John
Priestley, Wayne Hallquist, Will
Healy, Doug Erickson, and three
players from last year's team
(Greg Peterson, Tom Tengwall,
and Jeff McCall), and others.
Hopefully, Ron Peterson, a star
from the 60's, will appear, too.
At halftime there will be a
"horse" contest between three
youngsters, Keith Tekautz, custo-dian;
Charles Peterman, physical
plant worker; and 79-year-old
Eric Borgeson, a retired Bethel
employee. Keith is known as the
best left-handed hockey and
by Steve Erickson
Conference co-champion Con-cordia
pounded Bethel 55-7 in the
,,son finale, played in bitter cold
ather last Saturday at Moor-id.
Four teams, Concordia, St.
John's, St. Olaf, and St. Thomas,
own identical 6-2 records and a
share of the MIAC title. Last year
St. Olaf and Concordia tied for
the championship.
Bethel finished 2-8, 1-7 in con-ference
play as the Royals drop-ped
their last seven of the year.
The Royals' only points came
on a 32-yard pass from Jim An-derstrom
to Ken Cooper in the
third quarter.
Concordia scored twice in the
first quarter, three times in the se-cond,
and once in the third, for a
"horse" player we have at Bethel.
Also at halftime, plaques of five
Bethel athletes who gained na-tional
recognition will be unveil-ed.
The five to be honored include
Scroggins, Ron Peterson, and
three former football players, Jim
Nelson, Kevin Hallstrom, and
Kim Walker.
Gametime is at 7:30.
41-0 lead before Bethel finally got
on the board. The Cobbers rolled
up 435 yards on the ground, and
510 yards total offense.
Jim Klug was the big gun for
Concordia, scoring on three runs
in the first half and rushing for
129 yards in 21 carries.
For the season, highlights have
not been too numerous. But the
Royals played well in a near-win
over Gustavus, a very respectable
showing at St. John's, and a
crushing win over a fired-up Ma-calester
team.
Individually, a number of Be-thel
players have either led or
placed high in offensive categor-ies.
Among them are Anderstrom,
Ken Cooper, Jeff Wilson and
others. Also, many players, such
as the offensive and defensive
lines, have played strong games
but never been recognized.
Team efforts yields
fourth in state meet
Alumni, horse pros take center court
Royals frozen in tracks,
Cobbers march on to win